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Cobra Web Service Management Tool

Managing Cobra Web Service instances and gateway endpoints require you to perform several tasks and use different interfaces.

To install an instance, you need to modify the configuration files and run a command line. To reconfigure an instance, you need to stop the service, modify the configuration file, and start the service again. These methods are sometimes susceptible to errors that may break the instance or gateway endpoints.

The Cobra Web Service Management Tool is created to streamline and automate the methods by providing the following functions:
  • Set up the Cobra Web Service instances and gateway endpoints through an intuitive user interface
  • Install and delete instances and gateway endpoints without using the Windows command line
  • Start, restart, and stop instances and gateway endpoints without accessing Windows Services Manager (Services MMC)

The Cobra Web Service Management Tool does not include managing SSL certificates needed to set up the Cobra Web Service instances and gateway endpoints that use the HTTPS protocol. To support SSL in Cobra Web Service instances and gateway, you must bind the HTTPS ports to be used by these services to Windows Server Certificates. See Configuring Cobra Web Service to Use Secure Socket Layers.

In addition, the Cobra Web Service Gateway Configuration Tool, previously a stand-alone tool, has been merged into this tool.

Note: The Cobra Web Service Management Tool is available beginning with Cobra 8.4 Cumulative Update 11 and higher.

SSL is a term commonly used when referring to both Secure Sockets Layer technology and its successor, Transport Layer Security (TLS). Although you may see references to SSL in this guide and in the application's user interface, all Deltek applications use current TLS protocols to provide protected connections between web servers and web browsers.